Chapter 331

The next second, a scalp‑tingling scene unfolded.

On the planet Sai Lun, the five billion "inhabitants" simultaneously opened their mouths.

They made no sound, because sound cannot travel in a vacuum.

But an invisible yet vast and mighty mental shockwave erupted from that planet,

instantly crossing the distant interstellar space and slamming hard into the Void Voyager!

"Hum—hum—hum—"

The ship's external resonance shield flickered violently, emitting a piercing alarm!

"Alert! Under ultra‑high‑intensity mental attack! Shield energy is dropping rapidly!"

"Shield integrity 90%…80%…70%…"

On the bridge, everyone's faces changed.

This is only the first wave of attack!

What's worse, this attack seems able to penetrate physical defenses.

"Ah!"

A young crew member responsible for the console suddenly clutched his head and screamed in pain.

His gaze began to scatter, and unconsciously he started repeating the meaningless syllables of the Sai Lun language that Song Xiaolu had previously analyzed.

"Quick! Isolate him!"

Long Feng reacted instantly, ordering the nearby guards, "Inject him with a Class‑A mental stabilizer!"

Soon, that crew member was taken away from the bridge.

But his collapse was only the beginning.

One after another, several more crew members with lower mental strength showed the same symptoms.

They seemed to be seeing some terrifying hallucination, rolling on the floor or staring blankly into space, muttering to themselves.

The entire bridge descended into chaos.

"Qin Consultant, no! The effect of the mental stabilizer is very limited; they… their self‑awareness is being contaminated!"

A medical officer reported anxiously.

"Qian Yin! How is the main control AI doing?"

Qin Hao forced himself to calm down.

Qian Yin's face was as pale as paper; she stared fixedly at her data panel, her hands flying over the keyboard.

"Very bad! Extremely bad!"

Her voice tinged with anxiety: "This meme virus is not only attacking our crew; it… it is also trying to reverse‑infiltrate the ship's main control AI!

It wants to turn the 'Void Voyager' into a 'virus nest'!"

Once the main AI is infected, the entire ship, together with its three hundred elites, will completely become the enemy's puppets!

By then they might even pilot the ship, carrying this terrifying virus, back to the Milky Way Galaxy!

Just thinking of that consequence made everyone feel a chill.

"Qin Consultant… we… we can't hold on much longer…"

"Shield energy is down to only 30%!"

A sense of despair spread through the bridge.

They faced an enemy completely beyond their comprehension.

This is not a clash of warship cannons; it is a dimensional strike launched from the level of "concept" and "cognition."

Just as everyone was about to break down, the ever‑silent Qin Hao took a deep breath.

He slowly closed his eyes.

"System."

His consciousness sank into that vast ocean of energy.

"I want to create a 'concept'."

【Please describe the concept you wish to create.】

"I want to create an 【Absolute Logic Barrier】."

Qin Hao's thoughts became crystal clear at that moment.

"This barrier is a rule‑level filter; its sole rule is: only information that conforms to materialism and basic logical laws may pass."

"Any idealistic, chaotic, irrational concept that attempts to influence by altering cognition will be identified, filtered, and utterly annihilated by this barrier."

"In short, I want to create a 'materialist' 'absolute domain'!"

【Concept constructed.】

【Running feasibility simulation… simulation complete.】

【Creating the 【Absolute Logic Barrier】 will consume 35 billion energy units.】

【Confirm?】

35 billion energy!

That is enough to instantly replicate a small fleet of Heaven‑Sword‑class vessels.

But Qin Hao hesitated not at all.

"Confirm!"

The next instant, an indescribable, intangible yet seemingly unbreakable "rule" spread from Qin Hao's body.

It instantly enveloped the entire Void Voyager.

The mental shockwaves that had been violently assaulting the soul‑resonance shield, upon contacting this layer of "barrier" at that instant, were like meeting their natural nemesis.

They were neither blocked nor reflected.

Instead…… they vanished into thin air.

It was as if their very existence was a kind of 'illogical' error, and this barrier 'corrected' it.

Inside the bridge, the piercing alarm fell silent.

The crew members who had been struggling in pain, as if their signal had been cut, instantly fell quiet; though they remained spiritually weary, at least they were no longer raving.

Everyone stared blankly at Qin Hao.

They didn't know what had happened.

They only knew that in the instant Qin Hao closed his eyes and opened them again just moments ago, the terrifying power capable of destroying them vanished.

"Qian Yin, Song Xiao Lu."

Qin Hao's voice broke the silence: "Now we are safe."

"Immediately begin reverse-analyzing the structure of this memetic virus. I need to know what exactly it is."

With the protection of the Absolute Logic Barrier, the science team no longer had any worries.

They boldly introduced the virus samples into the lab for in-depth analysis.

Soon, the conclusion came out.

"This......"

Qian Yin looked at the analysis report and exclaimed, "Advisor, your judgment is completely correct. This virus is essentially an 'information weapon'."

"Its method of attack is not to destroy your brain, but to tamper with your 'cognition'."

It implants a fundamental logic:

"The Sailun Civilization is real and wonderful, and I should join them, become one of them."

"Once you truly believe this 'setting' from the bottom of your heart, your self-awareness will be overwritten by this setting, thus being assimilated by the virus."

"This... this is simply an idealist weapon!"

Song Xiao Lu added.

Qin Hao, upon hearing this, couldn't help but reveal a hint of a mocking smile.

"Using an idealist virus to deal with the Yanhuang Civilization, which from its birth has firmly walked the materialist path?"

"It's simply the funniest joke under heaven."

He immediately issued a new order.

"Qian Yin, using the concept of the Absolute Logic Barrier as a template, create a kind of 'concept vaccine'."

"Administer it to all crew members to achieve complete immunity to this virus."

"Yes!"

One hour later, all crew members, including those previously infected, were injected with this special 'vaccine'.

The vaccine's effect was immediate.

The contaminated crew members' eyes regained clarity.

Although they didn't remember what had just happened, the fear that came from deep within their souls left them with lingering dread.

When every individual aboard the Void Walker had formed absolute 'logic immunity' to this memetic virus,

the hidden 'will' behind the scenes also seemed to finally realize that its attack was futile.

It felt defeated.

Thus, on the planet Sailun, those five billion 'inhabitants' began to collapse.

Their bodies no longer maintained a human shape, but resembled sand-statues,

crumbles inch by inch, turning into dust that fills the sky, drifting over the dead city.

The entire prosperous 'stage' turned to ashes in smoke within just a few minutes.

Revealing its original lifeless, hollow true face.

"Let's go."

Qin Hao watched this scene and issued the order to leave.

However, just as the Void Walker turned its bow, preparing to leave this strange star system,

his mental power keenly sensed a faint, icy-malicious gaze.

That gaze did not come from the already-collapsed Sailun planet.

but came from…… a certain corner deeper within the Andromeda galaxy.